US President Donald Trump warned Russia on Wednesday of imminent military action in Syria over a suspected poison gas attack, declaring that missiles "will be coming" and lambasting Moscow for standing by Syrian President Bashar Assad. "Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. The Russian military said on March 13 that it would respond to any US strike on Syria by targeting any missiles and launchers involved. Any US strike is likely to involve the navy, given the risk to aircraft from Russian and Syrian air defence systems.

Source: dna April 11, 2018 12:00 UTC